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Updating P6 Programme for remeasured Contract

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Dear PP Experts,We have a road project and it is under a remeasured contract. There are differences between BOQ Quantities (loaded in the programme) and the actual quantities such as volume of excavated materials, etc. This means that the activities ...

Sep 8, 2014

PRX File Format

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Hi,We submitted our programme to the consultant for approval. Now our Employer's Sr. Planning Engineer needs the PRX file of the programme. The Planning & Cost Control Sr. Manager verified the letter while Planning & Const Control (acting) Director a...

Sep 8, 2014

Producing Volumetrics

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Hi guys, I am a planner and need some help on how to produce a volumetric report. I have collated the information i need using Microsoft Excel, but I need to input it into p6 without affecting the main program and then export it back into excel.   Wo...

Sep 9, 2014

Planning a Great Project for Dummies

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Sep 9, 2014

Overall project structuration in a multidimensional way

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Sometimes the goal of the project is to finish the project as earliest as possible, sometimes it is to finish it with the lowest cost, sometimes it is to obtain the best Product with a high quality and design/functionalities, and sometimes it is a mi...

Sep 11, 2014

Survey on linear schedules quality assessment

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Hi Planners As part of my PhD, I am currently conducting a survey on the measurement of quality level of linear schedules for construction projects with repeating activities. Please respond to the survey and share with your colleagues. I really appre...

Sep 11, 2014

Start Primavera Training in Canada

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Hi,I live in Calgary Canada. I am using Primavera from last 10 years. I want to set up my own Primavera trainng institute. Can someone help me, how can I do that?Do I need any permission from Oracle Primavera? Any type of partnership?Is there any sta...

Sep 12, 2014

Materials for WBS meeting

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Good morning I am planning a meeting to build the WBS for a job I am working on. I have high level nodes and deliverables defined and the meeting is to decompose these down to the deepest level. I plan to do this on a wall with post-IT notes ... so h...

Sep 12, 2014

Claiming EOT

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Hi,Can anyone pls guide me on the following as regards EOT claiming:  1. Types of data to record and update during project execution stage (e.g excel sheet) which will be useful to claim EOT  2. Time Impact Analysis  3. At what project stage can we a...

Sep 13, 2014

Why At completion Total Cost differes from Budgeted Totat Cost

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Hello every one, I have cost loaded baseline plan and also have an updated baseline plan. I have noticed that if a task is 100% completed its AT COMPLETION TOTAL COST value becomes "0" where as my client is asking me that value of Budgeted Total Cost...

Sep 13, 2014

Clause 8.3 - The Engineers Notice of Compliance

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Dear Members, Background:Under FIDIC 1999 terms, unless the Engineer, within 21 days after receiving the programme gives notice to the Contractor stating the extent to which it does not comply with the Contract, the Contractor shall proceed in accord...

Sep 14, 2014

Bridge construction project

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Dear All,This is regarding the construction of a vehicular and pedestrian bridge project. For vehicular bridge there are 3 options 1.With presressed box girder 2. Prestressed box girder with curved soffit 3. Precast prestressed" I "girder. For pedest...

Sep 14, 2014

Can you recommend a projector for use with P6

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Can any body suggest a projector for use with P6? Currently the ones supplied to us are useless with P6 not wide screen aspect and large text makes P6 views almost unusable as a projected view in a meeting.  Thanks

Sep 15, 2014

Make UTID's Useful

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Hi AllIt is an easy task to make Unique Task Indicator's more useful that a set of random computer generated numbers.For instance if you hav a task for plastering on the 6th floor of the west wing on block A the UTID would be:AW06PlasNow you can use ...

Sep 15, 2014

Removing a filter

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Ive come back to work after the weekend and opened my programme and cant roll / unroll any of the rollable tasks, I think its because Ive applied a filter to one of my columns before saving and forgotten which column it is.To save me adding every col...

Sep 15, 2014